/*
 * Copyright 2008 Max Kugland
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.splink.library.distributor {

	/**
	 * Basic Interface for events which can be distributed by <code>IDistributor</code>.
	 * 
	 * @author Max Kugland
	 */
	public interface IDevent {
		/**
		 * The source of the <code>IDevent</code> This might be useful if you want to pull data
		 * from the <code>IDistributor</code>
		 * 
		 * @return the <code>IDistributor</code> which has distributed the <code>IDevent</code>
		 */
		function get source() : IDistributor;

		/**
		 * The type of the <code>IDevent</code> which is used by the <code>IDistributor</code> to 
		 * distinguish between different <code>IDevent</code>s.
		 * 
		 * @return the type of the <code>IDevent</code>
		 */		function get type() : Dtype;
	}
}
